Presidents Report

Welcome everyone to Beleura Junior Football Club and Season 2012. I'd like to warmly welcome all of our new families to the club and extend a big thankyou to our returning families for their ongoing support of Beleura JFC.

As we begin our 42nd year of Junior Football, Beleura is in its strongest growth position for many years. We have entered 9 teams in the MPJFL including multiple teams in Under 10's and Under 12's. Beleura is playing in the Navy division this year which the league have described as the stronger division of the two, being Navy and White.

This is a fantastic achievement for Beleura JFC and one that the club can build on with our community partnerships with AFL Auskick centres such as Benton Junior Auskick.

At Beleura JFC, we pride ourselves on being "The Family Club". Our aim is to provide a great environment for players to learn how to play football, supported by Coaches, Officials and Families who understand that enjoyment is the best result and winning a game of football is secondary.

The mythical "clubroom extensions" that we've heard much about during the last few years, finally look like kicking off towards the end of the financial year in June. Fingers crossed that they don't impact the club too much, however the council have promised me that they will provide us with facilities that will help in the interim. Once completed, Beleura JFC will have the best facilities of any junior football club on the Peninsula.

Sponsors are a huge part of any sporting club's success and I'd like to thank Bentons Square Shopping Centre, Peninsula Safety and Workwear, Adams Peninsula Garden Supplies, Beleura Veterinary Hospital, Grand Hotel Mornington, La Porchetta, McDonalds Mornington and Rosebud, Progress Signs, simplyfreshfruit.com.au and Contours Mornington and Rosebud for their continued support. Please support our sponsors wherever you can.

I'd like to assure all families that your committee will work tirelessly to ensure that we are the best club for your kids to play football at. As a not for profit community organisation, we rely on the support of our families to help make Beleura the great club it is. You don't have to know how to run a business, have played football or have been an official in any sport, you just need an enthusiasm to do the best thing for children's sport and a desire to have some fun yourself. Next time you're at training or at the game, don't sit in your car, get out on the ground or come into the clubrooms and get involved, you'll be glad you did!

Finally, on Saturday 7 April, Beleura Junior Football Club was honoured to have been visited by arguably the greatest footballer to have ever played the game, Leigh Matthews. Leigh has accepted the position of #1 Ticketholder at Beleura for Season 2012. We were also lucky enough to have Leigh answer some questions and speak to us about his career and thoughts on junior football. Not surprisingly, he said the most important thing for kids was to have fun playing football and forget about the scoreboard. This wouldn't have possible except for the tireless efforts of our Sponsorship Manager, Glenn Mayne, who has worked on getting Leigh down to Beleura for some time.

My thanks again and I look forward to meeting as many of you during the season as I can and seeing the growing smiles on as many faces as possible.

Go Beleura!

Adrian Mills
President - Beleura Junior Football Club.